Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE VALIANTS OF VIRGINIA

By HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES (MRS. POST WHEELER)

Author of "The Kingdom of Slender Swords," "Satan Sanderson," etc.

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY ANDRE CASTAIGNE

A. L. BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT 1912

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

TO THE REAL JOHN

"Molly, Molly Bright!
Can I get there by candle-light?"

"Yes, if your legs are long enough."

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE CRASH 1
II VANITY VALIANT 12
III THE NEVER-NEVER LAND 21
IV THE TURN OF THE PAGE 29
V THE LETTER 36
VI A VALIANT OF VIRGINIA 44
VII ON THE RED ROAD 49
VIII MAD ANTHONY 59
IX UNCLE JEFFERSON 71
X WHAT HAPPENED THIRTY YEARS AGO 80
XI DAMORY COURT 90
XII THE CASE OF MOROCCO LEATHER 102
XIII THE HUNT 109
XIV SANCTUARY 119
XV MRS. POLY GIFFORD PAYS A CALL 124
XVI THE ECHO 138
XVII THE TRESPASSER 142
XVIII JOHN VALIANT MAKES A DISCOVERY 152
XIX UNDER THE HEMLOCKS 163
XX ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD 173
XXI AFTER THE STORM 179
XXII THE ANNIVERSARY 188
XXIII UNCLE JEFFERSON'S STORY 197
XXIV IN DEVIL-JOHN'S DAY 203
XXV JOHN VALIANT ASKS A QUESTION 219
XXVI THE CALL OF THE ROSES 223
XXVII BEYOND THE BOX-HEDGE 230
XXVIII NIGHT 238
XXIX AT THE DOME 244
XXX THE GARDENERS 255
XXXI TOURNAMENT DAY 267
XXXII A VIRGINIAN RUNNYMEDE 275
XXXIII THE KNIGHT OF THE CRIMSON ROSE 289
XXXIV KATHARINE DECIDES 300
XXXV "WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER" 309
XXXVI BY THE SUN-DIAL 317
XXXVII THE DOCTOR SPEAKS 328
XXXVIII THE AMBUSH 334
XXXIX WHAT THE CAPE JESSAMINES KNEW 340
XL THE AWAKENING 346
XLI THE COMING OF GREEF KING 359
XLII IN THE RAIN 369
XLIII THE EVENING OF AN OLD SCORE 378
XLIV THE MAJOR BREAKS SILENCE 386
XLV RENUNCIATION 398
XLVI THE VOICE FROM THE PAST 408
XLVII WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK 415
XLVIII THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE 427

THE VALIANTS OF VIRGINIA